Adjustable cap.



1. TIM.

ADJUSTABLE CAP.

-APPLICAT|0N FILED 001.29. 1911.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

R m M W WITNESSES ATTORNEYS JACOB TIM, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

USTAIBLE CAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9. 1918.

Application filed October 29, 1917. Serial No. 199,099.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAcoB TIM, a citizen of Russia, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved AdjustableCap, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to wearing apparel and deals particularly with a cap.

The invention has for its general objects to provide a cap which is adjustable as to size, so that it can be worn by difl'erent persons with equal comfort and fit in the proper manner, whereby the retailers need keep only one size hat in stock, and also whereby the user can easily and quickly adjust the size to fit his own head.

A more specific object of the invention is the provision of a cap which is provided with a plurality of plackets in the rear part with suitable adjusting means at the plackets whereby the head band portion of the cap can be made of any desired size.

WVith such objects in view and others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claim appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views,

Figure 1 is a rear perspective view of the cap shown on the head of the wearer;

Fig. 2 is a rear View in perspective; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are bottom plan views showing the cap adjusted to different sizes.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the cap, which is made after any approved design, and at the rear are a plurality of plackcts 1, and at each placket are a plurality of buttoning or closing devices, such as the studs 2, and complementary sockets 3. The cap is made of sector-like sections and the edges are sewed together only part of the way where the plackets are located, and the plackets are formed by leaving the edges of adjacent sectors unsewed. In the present instance three plackets are shown and two sets of studs and sockets at each placket, whereby it is possible to close the plackets so that the cap can be adjusted to six different sizes. In Fig. 3 the cap is shown adjusted to its largest size, and in Fig. 4. adjusted to its smallest size, and by properly selecting the cooperating studs and sockets the other four intermediate sizes can be obtained.

The cap with the improvei'nent embodied therein is of attractive and neat appearance, and by reason of the adjustment in the size the Storekeeper need require only one stock of caps for diiferent sizes of heads, and the owner can adjust the cap to fit his own head or the head of the person to whom he 'WlSllGS to lend it, which is a desirable feature for automobilists, sportsmen or the like, when they wish to furnish caps for their guests.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying draw ing, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation, to-

gether with the article which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the article shown is merely illustrative and that such changes ma be made when desired as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A cap having a soft crown composed of sector-like sections sewed together with seams radiating from a common point, certain of the seams extending short of the bottom edge of the cap, whereby plackets are formed, and a plurality of complementary fasteners spaced apart on opposite sides of each placket to permit the size of the cap to be adjusted, the fasteners on one side of the placket being on the inside of the cap and the others on the opposite side of the placket being on the outside.

JACOB TIM. 

